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ARTmonday: 13 Photographs from Lumitrix

There’s a new online gallery that deals exclusively in contemporary photography—Lumitrix. Each print offered is a limited edition and retails at $80 ($220 framed). The London-based gallery currently represents just 13 photographers, but each is brilliant. Among them, Matilda Temperley (fashion designer Alice Temperley’s younger sister) focuses on dancers, while 23-year-old artist Kannagi Khanna wows with a series featuring celebrity images juxtaposed against Indian women. Here are some of my Lumitrix favorites.

Sindri, Astrid Harrisson

Vertebral, Oliver Barnett

Fes No. 1, Ritty Tacsum

Kate Winslet—Geeta, Kannagi Khanna

Magdalene Fjord, Leonid Tishkov

Hutt One, Steve Back

Orange Abstract, Steven Glass

Yellow Butterfly, Holly Wilmeth

Lavender, Joanna McClure

Flora, Banoo Batliboi

African Boy, Matilda Temperley

UPDATE: Lumitrix just sent along two new images that aren’t online yet, to share here.

Matilda Temperley

Zinnia, Joanna McClure

40 Artworks From the SMFA Art Sale 2013

The SMFA Art Sale kicked off last night with the Medici Night preview bash. I saw so many wonderful pieces. Forgive me for not including the artists’ names here; my camera was low on power and we were short on time. (Also excuse some glare, and bad cropping, due to my snapping photos at an angle.) I tried to provide you with a broad range of works here, including photography, painting, drawing, and collage, with landscape, nudes, portraiture, abstracts, florals and more all represented. Of course, I only too ones I really liked, or think are particularly fun.

If you’re in Boston, you should absolutely stop by. There are some great deals to be had; students work in particular tends to be very reasonably priced, though there are also works by faculty, alumni, and affiliated artists. THe SMFA Art Sale 2013 runs through Sunday, November 24. 10 am–8 pm Thursday–Saturday and 10 am–5 pm Sunday.

We came home with three pieces, one of which is included below. Anyone want to guess which it is?

Other SMFA Art Sale posts:
Artwork from SMFA Art Sale 2014
Artwork from SMFA Art Sale 2012
Artwork from SMFA Art Sale 2011
Artwork from SMFA Art Sale 2009

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ARTmonday: 20×200 Is Back!

Periodically I check to see if 20×200 is back online. Recently I was surprised with a splash page, encouraging users to sign up for its “Reboot List.” Lo and behold, I received an email last week that the site is up and running; a version of it anyway. It seems that Jen Bekman is doing business at YouShouldBuyArt.com Looks as though she is selling the same, superbly curated affordable art prints as before, the leftovers even. The home page states that you should snatch up what you like, because works won’t be replenished. Bekman and her team are working on a relaunch for early next year, with “new editions, new artists, and some exciting surprises.” I for one cannot wait. Here are 16 prints tempting prints available right now. Love.

UPDATE: Jen emailed me yesterday to thank me for the post, and relay further info about the site. They will definitely replenish out-of-stock prints; just not until early 2014, which is when they’ll resume releasing new editions as well. (As always, sold out editions are gone for good once they’ve sold out.) And, they’ll be adding new inventory throughout this beta period, so keep checking it. Finally, 20×200.com will once again be the URL, with the transition happening in early 2014 as well.

Aaron Straup Cope, prettymaps (paris)

Jane Mount, Ideal Bookshelf: Jen Bekman

Mike + Doug Starn, alleverythingthatisyou sno6_034.1

Jenny, Odell, 77 Waste Ponds

Helena Wurzel, Time

Amze Emmons, National Treasures

Lisa Congdon, Birch Forest No. 7

Michelle Hinebrook, Crystallized

Paul Octavious, Kite Hill

Sharon Montros, Baby Donkey

Laura Bell, Sarah Waiting for the Tide

Christian Chaize, Praia Piquinia 16/08/11 13h26

Jorge Colombo, Wedding Portrait

Daniel Seung Lee, Belmont Harbor Tree II, Chicago

Gary Petersen, Flex

Jennifer Sanchez, ny.08.#06

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ARTmonday: 12 Artworks from Uncommon Goods

I discovered Brooklyn-based site Uncommon Goods, which launched back in 1999, when I worked for Store Adore. I perused it all the time, especially for environmentally-conscious and handcrafted gift options. For some reason it had fallen off my radar for a while. They emailed me recently. I learned that the company’s lowest paid worker makes 50 percent above minimum wage—as good a reason as any to start shopping the site again—and that they donate to a number of worthy non-profits, including organizations for women, hunger, and the environment. I was also reminded of its selection of selection of cute gifts, including a whole bunch of whole bunch of personalized gifts, like jewelry, pillows, and books. There’s also affordable artwork. I posted a dozen of my favorite artworks from Uncommon Goods below.

Rainbow, Sarah Nicole Phillips, $85-$150

Big Orange Chair, Kate Lewis, $75-$130

Slice of Genealogy (custom artwork), Jen O’Neill, $295

Personalized Family Art, Mary and Shelly Klein, $150

Challenging Conditions, Audrey Heller, $140-$200

City Skyline Wooden Routing (NYC), $34

You Simply Glow, Jessica Swift, $65-$120

The Animal Alphabet Zoo, Kim Smith, $140

The Happy Elephant, Zlatka Paneva, $68-$150

Woven Seacape, Elise Wehle, $75-$135

Dogs (Dalmatian), Denise Fiedler, $125

Hiking With George, Renee Leone, $145-$ 230

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ARTmonday: 23 Bird Artworks

Since I can’t stop looking at the gorgeous trees around here—yellow, red, orange—they’re so autumn perfect, I thought I’d share the little creatures who hang out in them. I had a bird as a pet growing up. He was a beautiful gray cockatiel with a yellow head and perfect persimmon circles on his cheeks. He imitated the call of a whippoorwill and also whistled that, “Hey you’re sexy, babe” whistle, which was pretty humorous.